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4 PATENTEDMAR. 24, 1908. E. H. MGCOLLOGH.

STOKING. APXLIGTION FILED JULY 6,1907.

l 'To ell 'whom 'it may cof/wem:

- that when a garment supporter is attached v the stocking and in tLocri, citizen of the United States, residing at ing description andclaims when the same cation, in which:

'formed by'welts woven into the textile or iiNrTED sTATEs PATENT .I

EUGENE n. nCooLLooi-i, or NEW ORLEANS, roUisiANAi i i srocxme. i'

Specification of Letten; Patent. L Patented March 24, p

Application filed July 8, 1907. -Serial No. 382,456.

Be ii known ein i, Em NE ri. Meest.

New Orleans, in' the parish of Orleans andl State of lllouisian'a;=yhave invented new and useful Improvements in Stockings, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention pertains to stockings of the kind that are equip ed withmeans for the attachment of stoclliging supporters; and it has for itsobject to provide a stocking of the class stated embodying such aconstruction to the stocking the pull exerted by the supporter on thestockin is distributed around iat way the use of the supporter inconnection with the stocking is riorating the stocking.

Another object of the invention is the provision o a stocking providedwith such an equipment that the connection oi a garment supporter to thestocking does not entail en gageinent of the sup orter with any portionof the textile materia ot' the stocking.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will be fully understoodfrom the followare read in connection with the drawings ac companyingand forming part ot this specifi- Figure 1 is a perspective viewillustrating a stocking constituting the' preferred embodiment of myinvention as the same appears when in position on the limb of a wearerand connected with a stocking supporter. ilig. 2 is an enlargedtransverse section taken in the plane indicated by the line 2-2 of Fig.1, looking in the direction indicated by the ar row. Fig, 3 is aviewillustrating the arrangement of the reinforcing band and the depend` lngreinforcing and strain-distributing stri is of my improvements relativeto the torti e materialvof the stocking and precedent to the connectionof the said reinforcin band and strips to the said textile materia Fig.4 is a view of a modified form of my invention in which the dependingreinforcing strips are other material of the stocking. A

Referring by letter to the said drawings, and more particularly to Figs.1, 2 and 3, thereof: A is a stocking Whichis shown as a ladies stocking,and may be and preferably is of the ordinary generai construction. 'lhctextile materiai of seid stocking turned l. i.

downward and inward at the topY of the stocking and is sewed Vorotherwise attacl-ied'v to the inside ol. the major portion of thestocking, as best showny in FiggZfjto form a' hein B, and in the hein`thus'produced isar"y ranged the reinforcing` bander tcp strip C of ablyby quilting the said hein B and the strip' (l as illustrated. When thehem B 'and the top strip C are .quilted itwill he aaparent that a strongconnection of the strip (ll to the textile material oi the stockingeffected,

and at the saine time the finished appearance oi the stocking as a Wholeis enhanced;

Permanently attachedtoor formed integral with the reinioreing hand orstrip l) are three (more or lees) de' ending reinforcing strips D oi'canvas or otllier strong material. These depending strips D are arrangedequis' distant and are ermanently attached .to lthe inner side of t estocking, preierabl b quilting the strips as illustrated, Where y it`will he seen that wliena stocking supporter is connected with the topstrip or band C in the manner hereinafter described, the pull exerted bythe supporter will hevdistrihuted through a large portion'of the textilenia,.- terial of the stocking, and hence the liability of the saidtextile material being torn .or stretched by the supporter is reduced toa p reinforcing i minimum. When desired depending reinforeing strips Dformed h welts woven into the textile or other material of the stockingand attached at their u )per end to the top strip or hand C may eemployed as shown in Fig. fi in lieu ot' f,the strips D, WithoutinvolvingI departure from the scope of in invention as defined in theclaims appendec. E E are studs tiered in a permanent man- .nerto the onreinforcing strip or band U and extending rward tln'oueli the maior por*tion et the textile material of 'thestocliing and .having heads orenlargements at their forward ends, best shown in .liig These studs llare for the detacliehle coi'ineotioii t0 the stocking' of the attachinmembers F of stocking supportin r straps G, "which atta-cli ing membersF anc straps G may be of the conventional construction or of any otherconstruction compatihlev with the purpose of inv inifentior it point idesire 'te .rime-leniin the discretion oi the 'manufacturer mynovelstocking may be provided with one stud E or with a plurality of' studs,though Iprefer to employ aplurality of studs since when the same areprovided and the stocking is used in combination with a supporter havinga single attaching member the said member 11 may be connected to thestocking at any desired point about the limb of the wearer. I would alsohave it understood that the connection of the stocking to the stockingsupporter through the medium of one of the studs E and an attach-- ingmember F does not entail engagement of the attaching member F with anyortion of the textile material of the stoc 'ng, and hence there is 'noliability whatever of the textile material being worn,4 torn or otherwise deteriorated by the action of the attaching member. From this itfollows that my im provements are calculated to materially prolong theusefulness of the stocking as a whole, and this by the provision ofmeans through the medium of which a stocking supporter may beexpeditiously and easily connected to a stocking and as readilydisconnected from a stocki g.

It is obvious that in lieu of the studs E, the reinforcing stri or bandat the top of the stocking may e provided with any other appurtenancesor appurtenance for the attachment of the stocking to a supporter,without involving depart-ure from my claimed inventionf In addition tothe practical advantages hereinbefore ascribed to the stocking made inaccordance lwith my invention, it will be noticed that theI improvedstocking is almost as cheap as an ordinary stocking and is quite asiinished in appearance as the same.

The constructions herein shown and described constitute the preferredembodiments of my invention, but it is obvious that in practice suchchanges or modifications may be made as fairly fall within the scope ofmcy invention as defined in the'claims appends Having described myinvention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters-Patent, is: A

1. A stocking having its top portion turne downward and attached to itsmaj or portion to form a hem, and a strip or band arranged in said hem,and reinforcing strips depending from said strip or band, and alsohaving a device attached to the said strip or band and adapted for theengagement of the attaching member of a stocking supporter.

2. A stocking havingits top portion turned downward and attached to itsmajor portion to form a hem, and a strip or band arranged in said hem;said hein and strip or band eing quilted, and reinforcing stripsdepending from the strip or band and attached to the major portion etthe stocking, and also having a device attached to the said strip orband and adapted for the engagement of the attaching .member of astocking supporter.

Astocking having it stop portion turned downward and attached to itsmajor portion to form a hem, and a strip or band arranged in said hem;said hem and strip or band eing quilted, and reinforcing stripsdepending from the strip or band at the inner side ofthe major portionof the stocking; said depending strips and major portion of the stockingbeing quilted7 and a device attached to the said strip or band andadapted for the enl gagement of the attaching member of a stockingsupporter.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

EUGENE Il. hilCCOLLOCl-I.

Witnesses.

J. M. QUINTERO, LoUrs P. BRYANT.

